Reality TV star Stephen Bear has said that he has found himself on "quite a lonely road" after the events of the last few weeks.

The 31-year-old was arrested last week following allegations from an ex-girlfriend that he had secretly recorded them having sex and then distributed the video to friends.

Bear, who denies the charges against him, then broke quarantine rules by visiting a supermarket just one day after he returned to the UK from Dubai.

"Since things have been said about me a lot of people has changed. I had no-one," he told The Sun.

"The only people who have stuck by me are my family and then one of my others mates who is over in Spain.

"The people I thought are my mates are clearly not. No-one's really messaged going 'are you OK?' It's quite a lonely road.

"It's funny because when I go out or I'm round people I always think in my mind I'm the nice guy, the funny guy, you want to be around me, I buy everything.

"I mustn't be like that - as good as I think I am. I'm the one getting slagged off and it's quite sad actually."

Bear is currently out on bail ahead of a hearing into the sex tape allegations next month.